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large sum of money by the operation, he abandoned them, leaving 

 them entirely destitute of money and a protector. In this situation 

 they contracted disease incidental to the climate, and most of them 

 died. La Fayette, being in Paris, found Crow-sun-tah and a woman, 

 the only survivors, and took them home with him, treated them with 

 the utmost kindness, and finally sent them home to the American 

 government, by whom they were again restored to their people and 

 the quiet of their native forest. He wore a medal presented him by 

 La Fayette, which he prizes above every thing on earth ; he often 

 spoke of him and his kind treatment. 



He was in attendance at the large International Council held at 

 Tah-le-quah, in the Cherokee Nation, during the month of June, 

 1843, and participated in the various dances and amusements with 

 as much zest as any of the young warriors. He spent a week with me 

 the following September. He died during the summer of 1844. 



65. 



NE-QUA-BA-NAH. 



(Painted 1843.) 



An Osage Warrior. 



66. 



CIIA-PAH-CAH-HA, or EAGLE FEATHER. 



(Painted 1843.) 



An Osage Warrior. His head-dres's is composed of the skin from 

 the head of a buffalo, with the horns attached. 



67. 



THE OSAGE MIMIC. 



(Painted 1843.) 



This picture is painted from an incident that took place in my 

 studio at Tah-le-quah, in the Cherokee nation, during the session of 

 the International Council, in 1843. 



I was often absent for a short time, sketching, and listening to 

 the various speeches made in council. My door being of rather a 

 rude construction, fastened only by a common wooden latch, all In- 

 dians who chose bad free ingress. Among those who paid me fre- 

 quent visits, was an Osage boy, about seventeen years of age, by the 



